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Comments for "Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent "enRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239874
<p>Scoring points???</p><p>That is SOOOO&nbsp;1981...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:46:03 +0000TBoneTonycomment 239874 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239873
<p>Lets see, every argument that Atkinson ever says is a total lie or is not a real issue with the Classification Board.</p><p>Rapelay - Not relevent because it was a game only intended for the Japanese audience and those outside of Japan can get it via online. Nothing the OFLC&nbsp;could do about that.</p><p>Turture game - Yeah...torturing a stick figure or something that looks like a puppet is really going to encourage people to torture real people... Plus it is a FLASH&nbsp;game on the internet, I&nbsp;also know that newgrounds and other flash sites have their own content ratings, if it says adult and asks you to be over 18 before you play it, is exactly how every other ratings board in the world does it,</p><p>Game the encourages drug use - Well if you think about Yoshi Story and the way how it has 'The Super Happy Tree' then I&nbsp;guess you could turn that into a game that encourages kids to take drugs, or maybe eat more fruit. Either way how can you determine if a game can encourage drug use if the game can't speak to defend themselves?</p><p>Blowing yourself up - Yeah...playing Lemmings has taught me how to blow myself up when I&nbsp;am not going to win anyway... for the love of... Lets say if all the news stations who featured people blowing themselves up and the movies in hollywood that feature people blowing themselves up and yet we have a game that tries to do the same thing yet it get criticised all because it is just a videogame... is that really fair???</p><p>I would hope that Games4Croydon does just one thing good. It may not win a seat to get into power, but it will sure let people know how stupid Michael Atkinson is. Go for it and challenge him not only on the debate of videogames, but also on the debate for Bikers and also Gay Marridge and other things that Michael Atkinson will talk stupid about.</p><p>In any case, if Atkinson loses power and the Liberal Canditate wins in his seat, at least Games4Croydon has been something good.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:44:19 +0000TBoneTonycomment 239873 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239868
<p>I hope atkinson takes a Nose dive on this.</p><p>He's an idiot and the fact that he was ever elected does not speak well of the people who elected him.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yukimura is still here. &quot;When he's at his best, he's little less then a man, and when he's at his worst, he's little more then a beast.&quot; W.S</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:03:25 +0000Mattsworknamecomment 239868 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239867
<p>Kudos!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Saying that Jack Thompson is impotent is an insult to impotent men everywhere. They've got a whole assortment of drugs that can cure their condition; Jack, however...</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:58:55 +0000Rynocomment 239867 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239859
<p>Don't you just love it though? Atkinson is giving the other guy a way to beat him in an election! It's simple, and Atkinson is even supporting the arguements.</p><p>&quot;Do you really want kids playing games about raping people, blowing themselves up and drug abuse easily accessible to children? Keeping an R18 rating from appearing does exactly that&quot;</p><p>&quot;Michael Atkinson personally endorses raping people, blowing themselves up and drug abuse by encouraging the classification board to rate games MA instead of a more appropriate R18!&quot;</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:09:11 +0000count23comment 239859 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239853
<p>So it is just atkinson and this man running? There must be someone else besides atkinson, who has a major political party backing them or something.</p><p>---------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:44:51 +0000Father Timecomment 239853 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239852
<p>&quot;which gamers score points by raping a mother and daughter,&quot;</p><p>Rapeplay, a game not available in English</p><p>&quot;blowing themselves up&quot;</p><p>there are lots of games where you can do that (take any game with an rpg or bazooka, even an army man game and point it downwards) but games where it's encouraged... The only two I can think of are a web game which isn't relevant and splosion man, which I haven't played. Allthough from the looks of it splosion man is a very cartoony game so if that's what he's talking about it's very misleading. If you were so inclined you can make the violence in Looney Tunes seem graphic.</p><p>&nbsp;&quot;torturing human figures&quot;</p><p>I'm drawing a blank.</p><p>&quot;. . . killing people&quot;</p><p>Yes this could also be cartoony as well.</p><p>&quot;and taking drugs to improve their sporting prowess.&quot;</p><p>that old blitz game? *Shrug*</p><p>I hope it's pointed out over and over that if an R18 rating is made then it would be illegal for game stores to sell those to kids. </p><p>----------------------------------------------------</p><p>Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:39:59 +0000Father Timecomment 239852 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239843
<p>Yeah, I've never done any of those things that Atkinson described.&nbsp; Oh yes in the fictional setting of games I have.&nbsp; But the only way any of that would be a problem would be if Atkinson has difficulty seperating reality from fantasy.&nbsp; Unfortunately that seems to be a large hurdle for his ilk.</p><p>-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:04:13 +0000Erikcomment 239843 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239840
<p>I meant for stuff that you earn points for the sake of earning points, not like stuff where you level up items or your character, like the metroidvania Castlevania games, God of War, or even the Night Sections of Sonic Unleashed.</p>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:04:51 +0000lomdrcomment 239840 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: Atkinson Aware of Gamer Opponent http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/09/atkinson-aware-gamer-opponent#comment-239836
<p>Yep, he definitely fits in [[Category:Fear mongers]]. With just about every other politician I hear of these days.</p>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:32:28 +0000CyberSkullcomment 239836 at http://gamepolitics.com